Posted on 10/19/2014 3:23:26 PM PDT by Straight Vermonter
The Spanish nurse who became the first person to contract Ebola outside West Africa has now tested negative for the virus, the Spanish government says,
The result suggests Teresa Romero, 44, is no longer infected - although a second test is required before she can be declared free of Ebola.
Ms Romero contracted the virus when treating two infected patients in a Madrid hospital earlier this month.
The Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,500 people across West Africa.
Ms Romero tested positive for the virus on 6 October, after she treated two missionaries who had been repatriated from West Africa. The missionaries later died from the virus.
Ms Romero has said she might have become infected when she removed her protective suit.
A doctor in Madrid said she may have touched her face with her gloves after treating one of the missionaries.
Quarantine
Ms Romero has been treated at Carlos III hospital in Madrid, and was reportedly given a human serum containing antibodies from Ebola survivors.
A government statement on Sunday said that a blood test appeared to show that the virus was no longer in her body.
She would be given a second test overnight, the statement said, adding that her health was "developing favourably".
Fifteen other people, including Ms Romero's husband, remain under observation in quarantine, but have not shown any symptoms so far, the hospital said.
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The purported DART barfer turned out to be a false alarm. She didn't live in the Duncan apartment complex, after all. She spit, she didn't throw up. She did have a low-grade fever, the cause of which may have been a spider bite on her hand.
That’s good to know!
wonderful news
A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
Thanks for the ping!
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